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The Number Of People With Hiv Receiving Medicare Benefits Has Grown Over Time, Reflecting Growth In The Size Of The Of The Hiv Positive Population In The U.s. But Also An Increased Lifespan For People With Hiv Due To Antiretroviral Medicines And Other Treatment Advances.

I'd Come To The Country To Do My Thoreau Bit, So I Needed An Office That Looked Out Onto The Woods For Inspiration. I Converted One Of The Bedrooms Into My Workspace And Through Its Windows Watched The Wildlife Appear Each Morning With The Sunrise. Many Were The Days I Would Sit In Wonder, Coffee In Hand, For Hours.

All Of My Peers Died Of Aids, And I Have No One To Celebrate My Past Or My Journey, Or To Help Me Pass Down Stories To The Next Generation. We Lost An Entire Generation Of Storytellers With Hiv.

I Had Old Bunk Beds That My Dad Got From Seabrook Farms. They Were First Used By German Prisoners During World War Ii, Who Were Sent To Work The Farms During The War. The Metal Beds With Their Thin Mattresses Could Easily Be Used As A Jungle Gym And I Loved Them.

My Family Lived Off The Land And Summer Evening Meals Featured Baked Stuffed Tomatoes, Potato Salad, Corn On The Cob, Fresh Shelled Peas And Homemade Ice Cream With Strawberries From Our Garden. With No Air Conditioning In Those Days, The Cool Porch Was The Center Of Our Universe After The Scorching Days.